Polyglot Dictionary

pulmón

/pulˈmon/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los pulmones

Meaning

  1. lung

    • Fumar daña los pulmones.

      Smoking damages the lungs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

poumon

poumon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "lung."

Portuguese

pulmão

pulmão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lung."

Practice

1 What does pulmón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fumar daña los ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pulmón?

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